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Heavy snow hits Pacific side of Honshu

OSAKA, Japan - A couple and their children build a snowman in Osaka Castle Park in Osaka as heavy snowfall hits the Pacific side of Honshu on Feb. 9. Meteorologists are forecasting that 30-50 centimeters of snow could fall through Feb. 10 in heavily affected areas of the southern Tohoku region as the snow front moves from western Japan to the Pacific coast of eastern Japan.

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Heavy snow hits Pacific side of Honshu

NAGOYA, Japan - A couple walk in the snow-blanketed streets of Nagoya as heavy snowfall hits the Pacific side of Honshu on Feb. 9. Meteorologists are forecasting that 30-50 centimeters of snow could fall through Feb. 10 in heavily affected areas of the southern Tohoku region as the snow front moves from western Japan to the Pacific coast of eastern Japan.

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Heavy snow hits western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Castle is veiled by heavy snowfall that hit western Japan on the morning of Feb. 9. Meteorologists are forecasting that 30-50 centimeters of snow could fall through Feb. 10 in heavily affected areas of the southern Tohoku region as the snow front moves from western Japan to the Pacific coast of eastern Japan.

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Rainy season starts in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People walk holding umbrellas near Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on June 9, 2012. The rainy season is believed to have started in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region, including Tokyo, the Hokuriku area along the Sea of Japan and the southern Tohoku area in northeastern Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said the same day. It began one day later than in usual years in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region.

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Rainy season starts in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People walk holding umbrellas and looking up at nearby Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on June 9, 2012. The rainy season is believed to have started in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region, including Tokyo, the Hokuriku area along the Sea of Japan and the southern Tohoku area in northeastern Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said the same day. It began one day later than in usual years in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region.

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Tohoku Shinkansen service to fully resume

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2011, shows the Hayabusa advanced model of the shinkansen (front) in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Ichinoseki, which has been suspended in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is scheduled to resume on April 29, linking Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time since the suspension. As the Kyushu Shinkansen Line fully opened between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo on March 12, bullet train services will link Aomori at the northern tip of the Honshu main island, and Kagoshima at the southern tip of the southwestern main island of Kyushu, for the first time.

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Rainy season starts in extensive areas, including Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to Hamarikyu Onshi Garden in Tokyo view flowers under an umbrella on June 9 as the Japan Meteorological Agency said the rainy season is believed to have started in the Kanto-Koshin region, including Tokyo, and the southern Tohoku region.

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Rainy season starts in extensive areas, including Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters walk under an umbrella outside JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on June 9 as the Japan Meteorological Agency said the rainy season is believed to have started in the Kanto-Koshin region, including Tokyo, and the southern Tohoku region.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee visits cancer research institute in Japan

Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) visits a cancer treatment research institute at Southern Tohoku General Hospital in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on July 24, 2015. Lee, 92, who was Taiwan's first directly elected president, is in Japan on his seventh visit since he left office in 2000. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rainy season starts in extensive areas, including Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters walk under an umbrella outside JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on June 9 as the Japan Meteorological Agency said the rainy season is believed to have started in the Kanto-Koshin region, including Tokyo, and the southern Tohoku region. (Kyodo)

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Rainy season starts in extensive areas, including Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to Hamarikyu Onshi Garden in Tokyo view flowers under an umbrella on June 9 as the Japan Meteorological Agency said the rainy season is believed to have started in the Kanto-Koshin region, including Tokyo, and the southern Tohoku region. (Kyodo)

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Heavy snow hits Pacific side of Honshu

NAGOYA, Japan - A couple walk in the snow-blanketed streets of Nagoya as heavy snowfall hits the Pacific side of Honshu on Feb. 9. Meteorologists are forecasting that 30-50 centimeters of snow could fall through Feb. 10 in heavily affected areas of the southern Tohoku region as the snow front moves from western Japan to the Pacific coast of eastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Heavy snow hits Pacific side of Honshu

OSAKA, Japan - A couple and their children build a snowman in Osaka Castle Park in Osaka as heavy snowfall hits the Pacific side of Honshu on Feb. 9. Meteorologists are forecasting that 30-50 centimeters of snow could fall through Feb. 10 in heavily affected areas of the southern Tohoku region as the snow front moves from western Japan to the Pacific coast of eastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Heavy snow hits western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Castle is veiled by heavy snowfall that hit western Japan on the morning of Feb. 9. Meteorologists are forecasting that 30-50 centimeters of snow could fall through Feb. 10 in heavily affected areas of the southern Tohoku region as the snow front moves from western Japan to the Pacific coast of eastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku Shinkansen service to fully resume

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2011, shows the Hayabusa advanced model of the shinkansen (front) in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Ichinoseki, which has been suspended in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is scheduled to resume on April 29, linking Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time since the suspension. As the Kyushu Shinkansen Line fully opened between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo on March 12, bullet train services will link Aomori at the northern tip of the Honshu main island, and Kagoshima at the southern tip of the southwestern main island of Kyushu, for the first time. (Kyodo)